Wine Peeps is an independent wine blog dedicated to helping you get the most bang for your buck in wine. We do this through blind tastings of wine from around the world and calculations of Quality-to-Price Ratios (QPRs). We have a special interest in Washington State wines.
When I first picked up Bordeaux/Burgundy: A Vintage Rivalry by Jean-Robert Pitte, I thought of another book that I read a few years ago, A Tale of Two Valleys: Wine, Wealth, and the Battle for the Good Life in Napa and Sonoma. The books are similar in concept, with A Tale of Two Valleys an […]
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This week’s Wine Word of the Week is Turkey. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Turkey is an eastern Mediterranean country that is the world’s fourth most important grower of grapes, only a very small proportion of which is made into wine. …. It is regularly one of the world’s biggest […]
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This time of year with the holidays rapidly approaching, my “wine†attention tends to focus on bubbly. I absolutely love sparkling wine but do not drink it often enough. However this time of year, I make sure to celebrate with friends and family and enjoy some sparkling wine. With that in mind, it was easy […]
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Dunham Cellars is a family-owned winery located in a remodeled World War II airplane hangar in Walla Walla, Washington. Eric Dunham began making wine under the Dunham Cellars name in 1995 in his spare time. By 1999, he decided to devote his full attention to his wines and together with his parents, Mike and Joanne, […]
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We could not have asked for more hospitable hosts for the first-ever North American Wine Bloggers Conference than the people of the Sonoma wine industry. They really stepped up to the plate with sponsorships and donations of wine to help make the conference possible. Sonoma County is located north of San Francisco between Napa County […]
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This week’s Wine Word of the Week is bottling. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Bottling is a vital wine-making operation for all wines other than those packaged in containers other than bottles and those few served straight from a cask or tank as bulk wine. Bottling techniques vary greatly according […]
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Continuing our visits to some of the major vineyards in Washington State, Dad (John) and I made a day trip to the legendary Boushey Vineyards and the up-and-coming Elephant Mountain Vineyards. Dick Boushey planted his first blocks of grapes in 1980 just off of County Line Road, about five miles north of Grandview, Washington, in […]
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The last thing the world needs is another article or blog post on traditional Thanksgiving meal/wine pairings where the bottom line is usually a recommendation of Riesling and Pinot Noir as the white and red wine selections. However, the Wine Peeps are having a slightly different Thanksgiving spread this year, and we think it deserves […]
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Last Saturday, Dad (John) and I attended a tasting for Cadence Winery at the McCarthy & Schiering wine shop in Seattle’s Ravenna neighborhood. Winemaker Ben Smith was on hand pouring his wines, talking about them, and sharing pictures of his Cara Mia Vineyard on Red Mountain. Ben and his wife Gaye McNutt founded Cadence Winery […]
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This week’s Wine Word of the Week is stabilization. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Stabilization is a group of wine-processing operations undertaken to ensure that the wine, once bottled, will not form hazes, clouds, or unwanted deposits; become gassy; or undergo rapid deterioration of flavor after bottling. A quick recovery […]
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